Risa

I think most people are angry with YouTube premium because it's a service that doesn't give you anything. It's a service where they stop annoying you. But it doesn't unlock anything new that you didn't have before, doesn't give you access to content or data you don't have access to, it doesn't improve the service. It just removes the annoyances they put there deliberately. So people are a little angry about it

It's a protection racket, for your attention and time.

And here I am, getting the same thing and paying nothing because I've got uBlock Origin.

Youtube constantly demonitizes content creators, while protecting doxxers and content thieves. I will not be giving them a single red cent.

Somehow paying for Netflix is fine

I was saying paying for Netflix is not fine

Paying for premium is fine, but premium users letting Youtube off the hook for their corporate greed is annoying. If YT ran reasonable ads like they used to in the olden days I wouldn't use an adblocker. Don't even get me started on their garbage search, a multi billion dollar company can and should do better. Then of course there's the fiasco of their demonetization system, and rules that apply to some but not others. Simply put they don't deserve to be paid for premium, if their grinch heart grows and they decide to do better as a company I'd honestly pay for premium.

Somehow paying for Netflix is fine

is it tho? is it?

Meanwhile I'm over here like:

paying for netflix isn't fine either

I'll pay to not be exposed to ads. I'll also pay to support a service I get value from. So I'm paying for YouTube premium, Netflix, Hulu. etc. When a service with media I want that has a more desirable corporate structure becomes available I'll pay for that and maybe get rid of other services. I also occasionally sail the high seas if the thing I want isn't available on any of the services I'm already paying for.

I subscribe to YouTube Music and have since the Play days (R.I.P.). Watching videos without ads is just a perk.

You think that's bad? Mention you use a HP printer sometime. I dare you to try it.

I just find the cost of Premium to be too high.

Here in Sweden it costs about 120SEK/month, that is far too much, I'd happily pay 60-70SEK/month, that would be worth it to me.

And would still give rhem more money than me not watching ads

Hear me out: ublock origin on your computer and revanced manager on your phone.

Use Newpipe like a true comrade.

YouTube without ads on Android, and you can run it in the background with/without the screen off.

I pay for it so my kids' accounts don't have ads. They're too young to sort out all the edge cases that aggressive ad blocking generates and for a bonus we get youtube music.

Tbh, I lose some amount of respect for anyone who mentions they pay for media that is easily accessed through piracy, netflix included

I think I’m more ok with people playing for YouTube premium. It still helps the creators on YouTube more directly than Netflix

Paying for Netflix is not fine

Those who pay are the problem on all platforms. 🏴‍☠️

Youtube does not offer Content instead they offer space to publish Videos and have Youtube Music.

The Price they are deamding is too high as if they Produce own Content and Music.

Youtube Premium would only be viable for me if i can be anonymous to buy it and removes age restriction,perma bann for YT Shorts the worst they done.

I cannot give a Company money that it this rotten.

Monopoly of YT is just sad.

I believe it's someone else's hard earned money, if they want to throw money to have what is objectively a better viewing experience, then it's not my problem.

It's very ferengi to pay for goods and services.

But it is also very ferengi to steal goods and services.

Be a ferengi 😎

I have a YouTube Premium family plan spread between me, my brothers and our mom, only reason why I bother

yt-dlp + mpv

Here’s the thing: how much YouTube content creators are really affected by ad blockers varies widely, and that’s due to several factors such as what region their main viewership is in, their subject matter, and how many viewers of each creator fit the demographic that might use ad blockers. YouTube is the only entity that would have the real data on the real impact to content creators due to ad blockers, and it’s believed that the reason they don’t share that data is so that they can inflate the numbers in order to claim greater losses than they actually suffer— and while that may very well be a strong motivation, I believe the primary motivation to be to hide the wide variation in levels of compensation between their top content creators. If the ad-blocking impact data became public, it would also reveal the wide disparities in how much YouTube compensates different tiers of content creators and would make public deals with top creators that have, until now, remained private.

This so why it’s always discussed in vague terms and as some existential threat— which is is, for them.